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For patients with acute gout

Prednisolone Deemed Safe, Effective First-Line Acute Gout Rx

Oral prednisolone has similar analgesic effectiveness to indomethacin for acute gout
Antibiotic-associated encephalopathy can be classified into three unique clinical phenotypes

Three Classes of Antibiotic-Associated Encephalopathy ID’d

Three unique clinical phenotypes correlate with underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms
Feedback from a high-profile messenger can reduce antibiotic prescribing on a national scale

Feedback From High-Profile Messenger Can Cut Antibiotic Rx

Reduction in antibiotic prescribing after receiving letter from England's Chief Medical Officer
Just over half of kidney stone patients are adherent to preventive pharmacological therapy

Only Half of Kidney Stone Patients Compliant With Tx

Compliant patients have fewer ER visits, hospitalizations, stone disease surgeries
Patients with Ebola virus disease who received care in the United States and Europe show mortality of 18.5 percent

Mortality 18.5 Percent for Ebola Management in U.S., Europe

Most patients received IV fluids and electrolyte supplementation, antibiotics, investigational tx
Most medical schools need to post

Many Med Schools Appear Unwelcoming Regarding Disability

Only one-third of medical schools have technical standards supporting accommodating disabilities
Patients with emergency department visits who are initially discharged and are then admitted at a return visit have better clinical outcomes that those hospitalized at the index emergency department visit without a return visit

Outcomes Explored for ER Return Visit Hospital Admissions

Patients initially discharged then readmitted after return ER visit have lower in-hospital mortality
Nonmedical stimulant use has increased among adults in recent years

Nonmedical Stimulant Use Up Among Adults, Not Teens

Emergency department visits related to dextroamphetamine-amphetamine up for adults
A case of Zika virus infection has been confirmed in a traveler who returned to the United States from Costa Rica

Zika Infection Confirmed in U.S. Resident Back From Costa Rica

Plaque reduction neutralization antibody tests confirmed diagnosis of Zika virus infection
For patients with alcohol withdrawal syndrome

Sedatives Appear to Be Safe in Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome

High-dose intravenous sedatives not associated with excess morbidity or mortality